Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-17
STREET SPRINKLING.
Communication from the Board
of Trade to the Council.

The action taken by the City Coun-
Gil in reference to the street sprink-
ling matter called up by the Board of
Trade did not suit the views of that
institution and in answer to the de-
cision of the Council Secretary
Lawrence has prepared the following /:
Rooms OF THE Los ANGELES BOARD
OF TRADE.
Los ANGELES, CAL,
July. IS, 1SS7.)
TO the Hon., the Mayor and Council
Of Los angeles City.
GENTLEMEN: On the 9th of June
had the honor to address communi-
cation to your Honorable Body, in be-
half of the Directors of this Board, in
which your attention was called to the
inefficient manner in which the street
sprinkling service was performed, and
accompanying the same by series Of
questions, to which, by rection, /
asked for a detailed reply
now have to acknowledge the re-
ceipt of your reply, under date of July
iHtIj WlilNh IiotC Ill lul
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE CoUN-)
Gil, FREEMAN c. TEED, Clerk.
Los Angeles, July II, 1887.
Mr.. 4. N. Laurence, Secretary Los
Aageles Board of Trade:
DEAR SIR: | am directed by the
Council to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter, and ask that you kindly
furnish the names of such streets
which under the law are required to
be sprinkled and are neglected by the
contractor. Respectfully,
(SignedD FREEMAN G. TEED,
City Auditor and ex-officio Clerk of
the Council.
By J. +. COOPER, Secretary.
Replying (by instruction from the
Directors of this Board) l have to say
1st. That the reply of your honora-
BILE body is not such as the nature of
the questions propounded required, for
the following reasons: 1t is not de-
tailed reply, as respectfully asked for.
1t neither admits or denies on the
part of the Council that the service is
good, bad or Indifferent. 1t does not
state whether the service is adequate
ly provided with funds, in order that
the work can be efficiently performed
or not. 1t does not state what COM
mittee of your honorable body has
the management of that department.
1t does not state whether the work is
done by contract or otherwise. 1t does
not state (if this service is in the
charge of one of the committees of
your honorable body whether that
committee attends to its duty in this
connection to the satisfaction ef the
Council or not.
I'd. That the directors of this
board wish to say that it is not their
intention, or desire, to encroach upon
any of the rights or privileges of the
Council, in the management of the
municipal affairs of this city. or any
department thereof; but your honor
able body is entrusted with certain
duties to perform in connection with
their proper and efficient administra-
ton, and they claim the privilege of
calling your attention to any case of
poorly or badly managed department
that may exist; and they again re-
spectfully assert, as a general PROPOSE
ton, without at this time making any
specific assertions) that the street
sprinkling service is inadequate to the
requirements of this city; is inefficient
and unsatisfactory.
Sd. That the streets of this city are
sprinkled (referring to those required
by law the directors of this board
will not deny, but your honorable
body must know, that in too many
instances it is in a slipshod, negligent
manner and not as it should be done,
or as the taxpayer expects it to be
DONE and it was only to call your at
tention to this i'm order that your hon
orable body could remedy it, and to
find out the exact condition of affairs,
in connection with this department,
that the directors of this board ad-
dressed you in regard to this very
important question.
Very respectfully yours,
(Signed) A. M. LAWRENCE,
Saox, T Roard of Trade